Frailty profile in Brazilian older adults: ELSI-Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of frailty and to evaluate the associated factors in the non-institutionalized Brazilian population aged 50 years or older. METHODS The analyses were conducted in 8,556 participants of the baseline survey of the Longitudinal Study of Health of the Br...

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Main Authors: Juliana Mara Andrade, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte, Luciana Correia Alves, Flávia Cristina Drumond Andrade, Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza Junior, Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa, Fabíola Bof de Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2018-10-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102018000300503&lng=en&tlng=en